AFRICOBRA : messages to the people / Jeffreen M. Hayes, PhD [curator and contributor].
Material type:
TextPublisher: North Miami : New York, NY : Museum of Contemporary Art ; Gregory R. Miller & Co., [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781941366301
- 1941366309
- AFRICOBRA (Group of artists). Works. Selections
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 709.2396 A258 | Available | 33111009780822 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A major publication about the revolutionary art collective that defined a new Black aesthetic in late 1960s Chicago and whose influence today is stronger than ever
A Chicago Tribune 2020 holiday gift guide pick
AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) was founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968 by a group of five young Black artists. Today, it is one of the oldest continuously active American art collectives. The pronunciation--Af-FREE-co-bruh--emphasizes the second syllable, signaling the group's central principle grounded in Black liberation: creative expression reflecting the Black experience and Black influences.
AfriCOBRA's founding artists--Jeff Donaldson, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Barbara Jones-Hogu and Gerald Williams--differed in disciplines and artistic vocabularies but were brought together by the common aspiration to create work that speaks directly to Black people utilizing an identifiably Black aesthetic. This publication celebrates the fifty-year anniversary of AfriCOBRA's founding and marks the collective's powerful relevance today. AfriCOBRA: Messages to the People documents two exhibitions curated by Jeffreen M. Hayes, PhD: one at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, and another as an official collateral event of the 58th Venice Biennale. It features more than 80 works by the original members as well as those by Sherman Beck, Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Omar Lama, Carolyn Mims Lawrence and Nelson Stevens.
More than a historical overview of AfriCOBRA, this book is a response to the artists' continuing contributions and influence, connecting their works to the contemporary moment through essays, archival photographs and ephemera, exhibition views, and contemporary photographs that celebrate the impact of this revolutionary art collective. As their name states, the artists and artworks of AfriCOBRA were as relevant in 1968 as they are today in the continued struggle for Black liberation.
"Published ... in conjunction with the related exhibitions ... AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, November 27, 2018-March 24, 2019; and AFRICOBRA: Nation Time, presented as an official Collateral Event of the 58th Venice Biennale, May 11-November 4, 2019"--Colophon.
Includes an essay by Leslie Guy.
Includes bibliographical references.
AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) was founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968 by a collective of young Black artists, whose interest in Transnational Black Aesthetics led them to create one of the most distinctive visual voices in 20th-century American art. The key characteristics of what we now consider the classic AFRICOBRA look -- vibrant, 'cool-ade' colors, bold text, shine and positive images of Black people -- were essential to everyday life in the community from which this movement emerged. It is a movement with roots in the soil, streets, classrooms, studios and living rooms of the South Side of Chicago, yet its influence has extended around the world. This survey represents the first major appraisal of AFRICOBRA's work in Europe and builds on the exhibition AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, which premiered at MOCA North Miami during Art Basel Miami 2018.